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Hello,
I have been invite by female coworker to her and husband's golden shower for new baby.
I am unsure of etiquette for attending as alone make, and to brought gift or not... Is it common like that?
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I doubt you mean "golden" shower. If you do, it probably belongs in the SoapBox.
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I dunno - babies (especially boys, I understand) do tend to provide golden showers when you change them... 
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No harm in going alone, but if you feel awkward take a date with you - ask a lady friend (platonic will do). And if they have a gift registry, buy something off it, although chances are that what remains unclaimed would be something crazy expensive like an expensive stroller, or a baby bed or something like that. Check if they are planning to have alcohol - if they don't, you may want to pre-drink prior to going there just so you don't waste an entire evening.
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And if you don't bring a date, dress to impress, as it will be a target-rich environment. 
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Target rich and possibly feeling fertile. These things tend to get out of hand.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: get out of hand
Exactly. 
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Nish Nishant wrote: take a date with you - ask a lady friend
haha! Nish , you make it sound soo easy. Tell me, you really think it's easy? 
I wish I'm there in the land you think it is!
At least in the place where I live, it takes quite an effort. Including blacking out & being unreachable to my wife. 
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Well, if OP was married, I'd have suggested that he take his wife 
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Damn, I packed up a lot of pun on that "rolling eyes" icon at the end. You spoiled it by explaining it bro
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Oops
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"Baby shower" and "golden shower" are very different things: do not google the later at work! At probably not at home either...
We don't have them in the UK (but I suspect they are spreading, it's a US custom so it seeps across the world like putrid lettuce across the salad tray of the fridge).
I always assumed it "first call for the gifts: gimmee, gimmee, gimmee" but apparently it;s not: baby shower etiquette - Google Search[^]
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Just remember that the little person who's at the centre of it all won't have a date, either.
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Be absolutely positive that you bring a gift - this is the main but unstated purpose of a shower.
Some of the other advice you've received here is silly and not what you should do. This looks like a serious question from you, so I'm giving a serious answer. Be on your best behaviour and dress nicely. You'll be surrounded by estrogen behaving at its highest level of obnoxiousness. Women will be oohing and aahing about silly baby details that will mystify you. Be nice and observe quietly. Be polite. Arrive on time but feel free to leave early.
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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Dont eat asparagus before going
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You should probably bring your swimming trunks! 
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If you haven't known her long or if she's the heiress to the O'Henry Bar company, feel free to decline. If you have, you can ask her if other men will be there.
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Somebody was moaning t'other day because it took MS a few years to acknowledge his suggestion I seem to recall. I've just received a Yankees post game alert for a game that took place in August 1927!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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It was probably Cricket: the match hasn't ended yet...
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OriginalGriff wrote: match hasn't ended yet
It just did. Not in your favour, I'm afraid.
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I don't think Wales plays cricket - not enough horizontal land for a pitch I suspect!
And we can generally bear the trials and tribulations of English sports teams with immense fortitude, if not actual hilarity. 
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OriginalGriff wrote: I don't think Wales plays cricket
Pretty sure that Glamorgan is still in the county championship!
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Don't know.
Don't care...
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OriginalGriff wrote: I don't think Wales plays cricket
Good grass makes sheep stand still, so you don't want people throwing balls and spooking them.
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